Russia's Defence Minister says Moscow has almost taken full control of Ukraine's south-eastern region of Luhansk, one of two regions it says are independent and has vowed to liberate.
Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre land border with Russia, while Sweden shares a maritime boundary.
Russia's Gazprom informed Finland it would halt flows of natural gas from Saturday morning, Gasum said on Friday, after the Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler refused to pay its Russian supplier in roubles. Moscow has already cut off gas to Bulgaria and Poland in response to them refusing to comply with the new payment terms.
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